It was so obvious that he was falling for her. Chaol pining away for Celaena in the background while Dorian's punk ass gets all the attention? Humph! For the record? I was team Chaol all the way. I think it brings an extra element of drama to the story and it was done well in this book. I, for one, enjoy a good love triangle or square. I think more people were hooked by the romance than the actual idea of Celaena being an amazing heroine. She's supposed to be the heroine, yeah? Buuut.how though? Again, I know she becomes more awesome down the road in the series, but you need to hook your readers in the FIRST book. Couldn't we at least get some flashbacks or something?! We only see Celaena as a weakling, to be quite frank, and as the prince's/king's bitch. Okay, so my biggest issue with this book was the fact that Celaena is built up to be such an extreme badass that I expect her to actually be one! We start this book off with Celaena being in prison, if you will, for being a famous and widely feared assassin, right? Well, that's cool and all, but how are we supposed to really understand her badassery and the fear people have of her when it isn't explained AT ALL when we don't get to see any examples of it? The third-person narrative just tells us she is a scary assassin and doesn't actually back it up with anything. It should've been explained in this book at least to some extent. I enjoyed the second book SO MUCH and so far, the third book as well.ī.) Part of my issue with this book has sort of been “resolved” with the release of The Assassin's Blade, but you shouldn't have to go read a prequel/set of short stories, etc. The three star rating stands with this book, though, and my review reflects that and that alone. Ī.) I have read the second book and am in progress with the third SINCE I rated this book. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena's fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass-and it's there to kill. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's champion. ![]() She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. Synopsis:In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle.
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